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Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, HumuhumuWed, 18 Feb 2015 08:09:33 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3By: Freda Nicholshttp://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art/comment-page-1#comment-361986
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:21:29 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-361986Limited edition prints can be purchased directly from me . Please email me @ artandalligators@aol.com
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Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:10:35 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-334507Freda, where would someone by a limited edition print? Its awesome!!!!
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Mon, 28 May 2012 13:14:28 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-330932My husband & I purchased this original tempera sketch at the Hukilau’s auction at the MaiKai in 2009. I had so much interest in the piece, I decided to have limited edition giclees on canvas produced. I limited the edition to 100 and each piece is numbered and has a certificate. It is great to finally get the correct information about this piece and the artist. I love the scene! Lighting and movement are spectacular. I wish I could have seen the mural before it was destroyed.
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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:12:59 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-208537My father, Roger Lloyd McVicker was a commercial artist in Ft. Lauderdale from 1954, and still working until three months prior to his death at 79 in Jan. of 2005. This was his artwork for the Yankee Clipper.

He was an artist from a young age and the only formal art training he had was as a young teenager from one of those corespondance schools you used find on the backs of matchbooks. After a short time his instructor told him not to send any more money, because there was nothing more he could teach him. He made money during high school painting lobby posters for the local movie theater in Jeannette, Pa. He then enlisted in the Navy, wanting to be a pilot, but was sent to the Webb Institute of Navel Architecture, then later attended the U. of Pittsburgh. While in the Navy he had shore leave in South Florida and fell in love with it. Hating those cold, snowy winters in Pennsylvania, in August of 1954 he bought a new two tone, red and white Chevy, sold the house and packed up my Mom and four kids and moved to Ft. Lauderdale.

He initially worked for Gil Sayward Assoc. located on Broward Blvd. and Andrews Ave. in the center of downtown Ft. Lauderdale, but later went freelance and had his own studio. His forte was pre-construction architectural rendering and he worked with several architects and developers in South Florida. His attention to detail was incredible and so precise his paintings almost looked like photos of finished buildings. His signature changed somewhat over the years but I feel confident this is his work. I was about 7 years old when the Yankee Clipper opened, which was a big deal as it is (or was) the only hotel actually situated on Ft. Lauderdale beach, as all the others are across the street (on A1A aka Atlantic Blvd.). We, his family were very proud of his work for the Yankee Clipper as it may have been one of his first big commissions after going freelance, and I vaguely remember the brochure with his artwork. I think the developer was Bob(?) Gil and as additions to the hotel were planned my Dad worked directly with him. Dad bought one of his houses in Gilcrest Estates on Davie Blvd. Mr. Gil lived on Riverland Road, not far from us, and he and my Dad sometimes went deep sea fishing on Mr. Gil’s boat.

After his passing my brothers, sister and I (seven of us in altogether) divided up Dad’s presentation books. His renderings number in the thousands, as you can imagine over the course of 50 + years, and at the very least represent nearly every highrise on the beach north of Oakland Park Blvd. I’m really glad you appreciate his work and am happy I could clear up your mystery. I’d love to know how much it auctioned for. What a hoot! Dad would get a kick out of it.

]]>By: Mark DesLauriershttp://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art/comment-page-1#comment-61164
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:41:48 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-61164It is J. Jay McVicker I’ve pasted a bio below:
The following, submitted March 2005, is an obituary of J Jay McVicker, “a very accomplished artist who followed behind Mr. Doel Reed as the department chair of the Department of Art at Oklahoma State University”. The source is the “Sweetwater News Press”.

He was born in Vici ,Oklahoma Oct. 18, 1911, to Jesse Allen and Clara Mae (Hendrick) McVicker. He married Laura Beth Paul Aug. 20, 1938. She died in 1993.

He was an artist and educator. He received his B.A. at Oklahoma State University, 1940 and his M.A. in 1941. He was on the faculty at OSU, Stillwater, 1941 as a professor of art, 1959-77, professor Emeritus, 1977, head department, 1959-77.

He is included in “Who’s Who in American Art”, “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World.”
He did do a lot of abstract but also wpa style illustration art.
I hope that this helps.

Best regards, Mark

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Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:43:02 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-57977that awesome. thats my name jay mcvicker
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Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:06:11 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-16662That’s great, thegreenman, thanks for the update. How funny that it’s for the very place where the Tiki Bazaar and Kailuageoff’s seminar is taking place. I wonder if anyone there at the Yankee Clipper will be able to give more info on it?
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Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:04:03 +0000http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/09/03/information-sought-on-mcvicker-art#comment-16533an update: My Aunt has found out that this was an advertisement piece for The Yankee Clipper’s Polynesian room.
That is the extent of the info I am able to get on this piece.
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